Newsletter of the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta Founded 1949 January 2015 619th Meeting Leon McElveen, Editor General Patrick Cleburne, A Lesson January Meeting In Leadership Reservations Are Required Tom Cartwright, a longtime friend of the Round PLEASE MAIL IN YOUR DINNER Table will join us for out January meeting. Tom RESERVATION CHECK OF $36.00 PER first addressed our Round Table in April 1995. He PERSON TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: is past director of the Carter House in Franklin, Tennessee, has appeared on various David Floyd documentaries for the History Channel, A&E, 4696 Kellogg Drive, SW Travel Channel, CNN, Discovery Channel, and Lilburn, GA 30047- 4408 the Preservation Channel. He is a highly sought after speaker before Civil War Round Tables, TO REACH DAVID NO LATER THAN NOON corporations and preservation and heritage ON THE FRIDAY PRECEDING THE MEETING groups, he is a popular tour guide of various E-mail and telephone reservations will Tennessee battlefields. He is also one of the not be accepted nation’s leading authorities on the Battle of Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2014 Franklin and Gen. Patrick Cleburne. Tom is currently working on two books, Mascots in the Time: Cocktails: 5:30 pm Civil War, and The Battle of Thompson’s Station. Dinner: 7:00 pm His focus for our meeting will be on Gen. Place: Capital City Club - Downtown Cleburne. General Cleburne participated in many 7 John Portman Blvd. successful military campaigns, he is especially noted for his role in the Battle of Stones River Price: $36.00 per person and the Battle of Ringgold Gap. His strategic Program: Thomas Cartwright ability gained him the nickname "Stonewall of the West". The leadership style that brought the General Patrick Cleburne, A General such success and admiration in his three Lesson In Leadership and a half years of war led to his untimely death in the Battle of Franklin at the head of his division. In 1883, when General Frank Cheatham David B. Thompson returned to Franklin for the first time since the Our Christmas meeting was highlighted by David battle, he stated of General Cleburne: “Here one Thompson presenting his program on of the best soldiers that ever drew sword gave up Confederate Piano Music During the Civil War his life.” Era. I would place Tom in the top ten speakers I have Those assembled were treated to an excellent witnessed during my twenty plus years in the evening of history through music. Round Table. This will we a don’t miss event. Be there. www.cwrta.org January 2015 Upcoming Programs 150 Years Ago... February 10, 2015 ................... Michael K. Shaffer 12 January: 1865: Francis P. Blair arrives in Camp McDonald: Turning Georgians Into Soldiers Richmond, Virginia with a proposal for a March 10, 2015 ..................... Dr. Wendy H. Venet peace conference. Commerce, Conflict, and Civilian Loyalty in Atlanta 13 January: 1865: Second attack on Fort Fisher, April 14, 2015 ...................... COL Kevin J. Weddle North Carolina begins. The Life of Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont 15 January: 1865: Admiral David Porter attacks May 12, 2015 ............................ Garry E. Adelman the Confederate fort on Cape Fear with the Five Final Months of the Civil War in Photographs largest fleet ever assembled to that time. General Alfred Terry lands an amphibious RICHARD BARKSDALE HA RWELL BOOK AWARD force which captures the fort. June 19, 2015.............................. Dr. Allen Guelzo Gettysburg 19 January: 1865: After regrouping in Savannah for a month, William Tecumseh Sherman begins moving north into South Carolina. Upcoming Events 31 January: 1865: Gen. Robert E. Lee made January 3 - 4, 2015: Anniversary weekend General-in-Chief of the Confederate Army. activities at the Stone’s River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro. Includes ranger-led 31 January: 1865: The 13th Amendment to the battlefield tours, tours of the Murfreesboro Constitution abolishing slavery is passed by town square and Fortress Rosecrans. Free. the U. S. House. nps.gov/stri January 3 - 4, 2015: Low Country Civil War Show at Omar Shrine Temple, Mount Pleasant. For information, 770-630-7296, [email protected], www.mkshows.com January 6, 2015: Book talk and signing, “Washington County, Virginia in the Civil War,” with Michael Shaffer at the Acworth Bookstore, 4857 N Main St, Acworth. 6:30 pm. Free. 678- 403-1355. January 10, 2015: Lecture, “March to the Sea,” at the Pickett’s Mill Battlefield, 4432 Mt. Tabor Church Road, Dallas. 2 pm. 770-443-7850. January 10, 2015: 17th graveside memorial Officers for the 2014 - 2015 Campaign: service for Gen. James Longstreet, Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, 1 p.m. Reception at President ............................................... David Beale Piedmont Hotel. Hosted by Sons of First Vice President ............................. Vicky Frolich Confederate Veterans Blue Ridge Rifles Camp Second Vice President ..................... Gordon Jones 1840 & Longstreet Society. For information, Secretary / Treasurer ............................ David Floyd www.longstreetsociety.org Asst. Secretary/Treasurer ........................ Bill Gurry January 24, 2015: “Night Museum”, special Executive Committee 2014: .......... Grant Moseley program at the Andersonville National Historic 2014: ............... Larry Stone Site. 6-9 pm. Free. nps.gov/ande 2015: ................. Sal Cilella February 7, 2015: Saturday, for the 17th year 2015: .......... John Dietrichs we will be meeting in Kennesaw and Past President ........................................... Art Carey carpooling as a group up to the annual Chickamauga Civil War Show in Dalton. Battle Lines Editor ........................... Leon McElveen .